Conditions Of Service - Determinations
ANNEX
I
Regulation
27
TEMPORARY SALARY
1) A member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or chief
superintendent who is required for a continuous period exceeding 7
days (or, in the case of a part-time member, a continuous period of
shifts amounting to at least 56 hours) to perform the duties normally
performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than the member’s
own, otherwise (subject to paragraph (3)) than as the direct or indirect
result of the absence of any member of the force on a monthly or other
leave day granted under regulation 26 and any determination thereunder,
shall be paid in respect of that period, other than the first 7 days
(or first continuous 56 hours of shifts in the case of a part-time
member) thereof, at a rate equal to the rate of pay of the member
in that higher rank.
2) A member of a police force of the rank of superintendent or chief
superintendent who is required for a continuous period exceeding 7
days (or continuous 56 hour period of shifts in the case of a part-time
member) to perform the duties normally performed by such a member
whose pay category under regulation 24 (1) and any determination thereunder
is higher than the member’s own, otherwise (subject to paragraph
(3)) than as the direct or indirect result of the absence of any member
of the force on a monthly or other leave day granted under regulation
26 and any determination thereunder, shall be paid in respect of that
period, other than the first 7 days (or continuous 56 hour period
of shifts in the case of a part-time member) thereof, at a rate equal
to the rate of pay of the member in that higher pay category (for
a part-time member at the hourly rate arrived at by dividing by 8
a day’s pay at the rate of pay of the member in that higher
pay category).
3) Where any member of the force is absent for a continuous period
comprising both:
a) Monthly or other leave days granted under regulation 26 and any
determination thereunder, and
b) One or more annual leave days granted under regulation 33 and any
determination thereunder,
paragraph (1) or (2) shall have effect as if the entire continuous
period of absence were a period of annual leave.
4) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7) and the provisions of this paragraph,
a member of a police force below the rank of superintendent who, in
any year, has been required to perform the duties normally performed
by a member of the force of a higher rank than their own for 14 complete
days or, for a part-time member, for at least 112 hours of complete
shifts throughout which the member performed the duties normally performed
by a member of the force of a higher rank than their own shall be
paid in respect of each further complete day (or complete shift in
the case of a part-time member)in that year on which the member is
required to perform such duties at a rate equal to the lowest rate
of pay to which the member would be entitled on promotion to the higher
rank, or for a part-time member, equal to the lowest rate of pay to
which the member would be entitled on promotion to the higher rank
as a full-time member. A member of a police force working in accordance
with variable shift arrangements who has had qualifying shifts amounting
in total to 112 hours shall be paid in respect of each further qualifying
shift in that year at the hourly rate arrived at by dividing by 8
a day’s pay at the lowest rate of pay to which the member would
entitled on promotion to the higher rank.
5) Where:
a) a member of a police force below the rank of inspector is entitled
to be paid under paragraph (4),
b) the higher rank is that of inspector or above, and
c) the day on which the member is required to perform the duties referred
to in paragraph (4) is not a public holiday or rostered rest day,
there shall be no entitlement to an allowance or time off under regulation
25 and any determination thereunder in respect of such duties.
6) Paragraph (4) shall not apply where:
a) a member of a police force below the rank of inspector is required
to perform the duties normally performed by a member of the force
of the rank of inspector or above, and
b) the day on which the member is so required to perform such duties
is a public holiday or rostered rest day.
7) A member of the police force of the rank of chief inspector who,
in any year, has been required to perform the duties normally performed
by a member of the rank of superintendent for 14 complete days (or,
for a part-time member, for at least 112 hours of complete shifts)
shall be paid in respect of any further complete day (or complete
shift, in the case of a part-time member) in that year on which the
member is required to perform such duties at a rate equal to the lowest
rate of pay to which they would be entitled on promotion to superintendent.
8) Where a member of a police force:
a) on the member’s last scheduled working day in any year is
required to perform the duties normally performed by a member of the
force of a higher rank than their own, and
b) is paid in respect of that day a temporary salary under paragraph
(4), and
c) on the member’s first scheduled working day of the next following
year continues for the complete day to perform such duties,
the member shall be paid, in respect of the day mentioned in sub-paragraph(c)
and any following complete day which together therewith forms a continuous
period when the member is required to perform such duties, as if that
day or days had formed part of the year mentioned in sub-paragraph
(a):
provided that the said day or days shall be disregarded for the purposes
of the application of paragraph (4) to that member in the year mentioned
in sub-paragraph (c).
9) Where a member of a police force working in accordance with variable
shift arrangements:
a) has a qualifying shift as the member’s last rostered shift
in any year, and
b) is paid in respect of that shift a temporary salary under paragraph
(4), and
c) has a qualifying shift as the member’s first rostered shift
in the next following year,
the member shall be paid in respect of the shift mentioned in sub-paragraph
(c) and any qualifying shifts beginning on days that follow consecutively
the day on which that shift began as if that shift or shifts had occurred
in the year mentioned in sub-paragraph (a):
provided that the said shift or shifts shall be disregarded for the
purposes of the application of paragraph (4) to that member in the
year mentioned in sub-paragraph (c).
10) For the purposes of paragraph (9) the expression “qualifying
shift” means, in relation to a member of a police force, a rostered
shift throughout which the member is required to perform duties normally
performed by a member of the force of a higher rank than their own.
11) For the purposes of this determination “year” means
a period of 12 months beginning on 1 April.
12) For the purposes of this determination “day” means
in relation to a full-time member of a police force below the rank
of inspector, the member’s normal daily period of duty.
13) For the purposes of this determination “day” means
in relation to a part-time member of a police force the period that
would constitute their normal daily period of duty if the member were
a full-time member.
14) “Full-time member” means a member of the force appointed
otherwise than under regulation 6 and any determination thereunder.
